Table 5. Comparison of Major Complications Following Surgery and Ablation.

Study	Surgery			Ablation
	Hoarseness	Hypoparathyroidism	Wound Infection	Hoarseness
Xu et al. [23]	2	0	1	1
Li et al. [22]	7	10	0	7
Zhou et al. [25]	2	1	0	0
Zhang et al. [24]	2	1	0	0
Pooled proportions, total (95% CI)	4.3 (2.5–7.2)	3.2 (1.1–8.9)	1.0 (0.3–3.5)	3.3 (1.7–6.2)

CI = confidence interval